EXHIBIT 23.5

               [NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. LETTERHEAD]



            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

As independent oil and gas consultants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report letter dated February 9, 2001, and our audit letter
dated July 11, 2001, each addressed to Westport Resources Corporation, in this
Exchange Offer Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Exchange Offer
Registration Statement"), to all references to our firm included in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm as experts in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.



                                      NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.



                                      By:  /s/ Frederic D. Sewell
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                                           Frederic D. Sewell
                                           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



Dallas, Texas
January 24, 2003